JANUARY 2020 SWEETWATER
NEWSLETTER

Sweetwater’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties once
again were a huge success. Thanks to all who worked so
hard to make both events wonderful.

Special thanks to Mark and Linda Stine for opening their
beautiful house to us for Christmas.

Huge thanks to Mike and Marie McElroy for opening
their home for the New Year’s Eve party. The fireworks
were beautiful, the company beyond beautiful, and the
food was great.

GASPARILLA PARTY, what can we say but that it was an
absolute blast. There was an abundance of food, drinks
and people. Thank you John and Karen Przedpelski for
opening Office Evolutions on Harbour Island to all party-
goers. It was a wonderful place to view the invasion.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE
FOLLOWING UPCOMING EVENTS IN
SWEETWATER:
Friday, February 21, 2020, party at Mike and Maggie
Jordan’s, home-4205 Deepwater- 6:30 p.m. Please
bring the drink of your choice and a snack to share
and enjoy.
Dana Shores has graciously extended an invitation
to Sweetwater to join them for a Valentine's Day
Dinner, Feb. 14 6:30pm - 8:30pm ($25/adult,
$15/child with childcare http://bit.ly/dsvday20 Go to
the foregoing website for more information.

Saturday, March 14, 2020, St. Patrick’s party at Mike
and Marie McElroy’s home-4207 Deepwater-7:00 p.m.
Please bring the drink of your choice and a snack to
share and enjoy.

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Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 2pm. This will be an
outdoor block party for adults & kids. This party will be
hosted by Leslie Hanlon, Brit Diaz and Magda Melchert.
Details will follow.

While not a party, but a very important date to note,
Dumpster Day happens on Saturday, February 22, 2020,
at Skyway Park. It will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at
12:00 p.m. Start cleaning your garage and look around
for “junk” or things you do not use any longer. The
Spring and Habitat for Humanity will be on site and can
take clothing and furniture. You also will be able to rid
yourself of your old electronics. We are looking for
some volunteers to help! Go to the following
website http://bit.ly/cleanup222 to volunteer or get
more information.
A REMINDER TO OUR LONG EXISTING
NEIGHBORS AND TO PUT NEW NEIGHBORS IN
THE KNOW. TAMPA YEAR-ROUND IRRIGATION
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ALLOWANCES follow: Irrigation of your lawn is
limited to twice-a-week. (There is an exception for new
lawns/landscaping.) The following schedule is in effect
for our location:
Addresses Ending In: Your Irrigation Days:
0, 1, 2 or 3…………………..Mondays & Thursdays
4, 5 or 6…………………….. Tuesdays & Fridays
7, 8 or 9……………………..Wednesdays & Saturday

Hillsborough County Holidays in 2020
Hillsborough County government offices, and most
services, will be closed on these days in 2020:
 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20
 Memorial Day, Monday, May 25
 Independence Day (observed), Friday, July 3
 Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7
 Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11
 Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 and
27
 Christmas, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24 and 25
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 Holiday Trash Collection Schedule
 How will these holidays affect your trash collection?
There is no garbage, recycling or yard waste collection
on the following holidays, unless otherwise noted:

New Year’s Day (January 1) only normally scheduled
recycling collection will occur on this day
 Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
 Independence Day (July 4, Saturday)
 Labor Day (First Monday in September)
 Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)
o Regular schedule resumes on the Friday after
Thanksgiving
 Christmas Day (December 25)
o Regular schedule on Dec. 24 and 26
Regular collection is scheduled for all other
holidays.

We love to have neighborhood pictures in our
newsletter. If you have pictures you think your
neighbors would enjoy please send them to Donna
Lentz.
Also, we are looking for neighbors to host a party for the
neighborhood in May, Sept and Oct. If you are
interested, please contact your Board or Donna Lentz.
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